Philip von Heister

Leopold Philip de Heister (1707-19 November 1777) was a general of Hesse-Kassel who served in the American Revolutionary War.

Biography
Philip von Heister was born in 1707 in Kassel, Hesse-Kassel (present-day Germany), and was a crippled veteran of many campaigns in Europe, including the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' Wars, and in 1776 he was employed as a mercenary commander of Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War. Heister led two Hessian battalions during the Battles for New York, taking part in the Battle of Long Island in fierce bayonet attacks against the Flatbush defenses of the Continental Army as well as the Battle of White Plains. He died in 1777 back in Hesse-Kassel.